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Little of Lott - Patterson
Collecting Territorial Paper 4 - Adams
Western Bank Note Printing Job - Hensley
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Farm Crops in Nineteenth Century Vignettes - Part 7
by Bob Hohertz
When preparing for the last issue I thought that I could cover cotton-related vignettes in one article, but then I ran into the
stock vignette of a stem with a flower, a dying flower, two buds, and two cotton bolls. If you collect ninettenth century
checks surely you've seen it. Or at least one version of it. And there were far too many versions to include in Part 6.
The interesting thing (at least to me) is that virtually every other similar vignette on the checks in this survey differs from
the one above, and the vignettes all differ from each other. It is amazing how many stock images of a common design were
being offered over the period. A good number of these will be shown here, but I promise that I'll go light on illustrations
of differences in common vignettes in the rest of this series.
The LaGrange, Georgia draft from which the example above was taken is shown below. It was printed by H.R. Cooper,
Stationer, 64 Broad St., N.Y. Evans and Ragland evidently were distillers in LaGrange.
Four of the checks and drafts pictured in the last issue used this vignette in conjunction with a
different one that featured in the article. The vignettes will be shown here, but we won't repeat
the illustrations of the checks themselves.
Two were used on drafts printed by Corlies, Macy & Company, and are identical. It is a variation
on the basic design, as it has its second cotton boll where the flower is on the vignette shown
above.
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Like the Corlies, Macy vignette, the one above does not have the complete cotton
blossom at left. Printed by Hosford & Sons of New York, the draft used a vignette quite
similar to the Corlies, Macy version, but differing from it in a number of small details.
One of the easiest to see is the shape of the left-hand cotton boll.
The draft pictured was used as a mock-up for printing checks of the Home Insurance
and Trust Company of Texas, which was incorporated December 1, 1871. From the fact
that the cotton boll vignette was crossed out, it almost certainly did not appear on the
insurance company's checks.
Instead of looking at the type with the flower at left on a check by check basis, let's look at the checks first and then the
vignettes all together afterwards.
Brown and Clark of Marlin, Texas seem not to have left much of a record that has made it to the internet. Were they cotton
broker or bankers?
The check printer did not leave any tracks, either. The cotton boll vignette was well executed, whoever was responsible.
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Ah, these must be alike, right? Wrong.
The top check was printed by Wm Mann, of Philadelphia, and the other two by B.D. Bacon of New York. As we will see
later, even the two Bacon vignettes are not the same.
Now, it's reasonable to ask whether stock vignettes were necessarily the same on every check printed in a group of three
to six in a sheet. My feeling is that they were not, but in subtle ways that would not produce such differences as exist
between the Bacon checks printed with 187_ datelines and those printed with 188_ datelines as shown above. We’ll look
at these shortly.
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The Mecklenburg notes were printed by the American Bank Note Company, so the cotton boll vignette on the one dollar
notes should provide a good benchmark. In fact, the design as used by the ABN appears on the Tennessee draft shown on
page 10 in TCC 103, so we can see whether or not it remained relatively constant between the two uses.
Left vignette from the Mecklenburg note. Right vignette from the Tennessee draft pictured in the last issue.
These two ABN vignettes appear to be almost the same, with differences due to aging, paper quality, and use of more than
one die to print sheets with multiple copies of the document.
Let's see how these compare with those used by William Mann, E.D. Bacon, Collins & Brother, and a mystery printer.
Left William Mann. Center and right E.D. Bacon.
To my eye, there are numerous differences between these designs, and between any one of them and the ABN version.
Almost any area of the vignettes can be used to show the variances. An easy difference to spot is found in the arrangement
of the stems at bottom.
The two versions used by Bacon are nothing alike, with the one in the middle looking like a sketch for the one on the right.
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Left: Unknown printer. Right: Repeat of the second version used by E.D. Bacon.
Interestingly enough, the details of the vignette used by the unknown printer is similar to the second Bacon design, which
was repeated here for comparison. At least the stems are similar. Details do vary, but overall, one of these is a close copy
of the other.
Finally, here is the Collins and Brother design from the draft at the bottom of page 4, TCC 103.
This version doesn’t match up well with any of the others in its details. Since the draft on
which it was used dates from 1884 it is likely the latest version of any shown here, but with the
many differences between the others shown, that doesn’t signify much.
One last check with a cotton boll vignette is shown below.
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The decorative cotton plant in this vignette was used by J.H. Warner of New York.
The Mobile, Alabama check has the Type G revenue printed on the back, making it a Gla. There
is a census of these on the ASCC website.
To be continued.
A Little of Lott
by Roger Patterson
In a little batch of Lott, Texas checks that I bought for examples of 1932 check tax handstamps there were some from the
pre-tax period. It’s always a good idea to look on the back of any check in your hands, and in doing so I noticed this very
strong set-off, almost as if it had been printed for Alice behind the looking-glass.
And the front of the check, quite normal.
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Collecting Territorial Paper - Part 4
by Jim Adams
As promised for this issue, here are some Idaho territorial checks written on Idaho banks.
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The town of Blackfoot is in the Idaho potato country, and is home to the Idaho Potato Museum. It received its first post
office in October of 1878, and in November the railroad came to town. At that time it apparently was called Grove City,
and did not become Blackfoot until 1879.
According to Bingham County History, Written and Compiled by the People of Bingham County , On January 13, 1885,
the county was established with Blackfoot as its county seat. Originally, the county seat was to be Eagle Rock (now called
Idaho Falls). However, the night before its legal appointment, men from Blackfoot bribed a clerk to erase Eagle Rock and
write in Blackfoot. The measure went through without opposition and was signed by the governor. (Courtesy of Google.)
Ketchum is a small town in Blaine County, near Sun Valley. In the 1880’s it was the smelting center for the Warm Springs
mining area. When this was no longer profitable the town turned to shipping sheep on the Union Pacific.
Perhaps the town's current claim to fame is that it is the burial place of Ernest Hemingway.
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What better way to find a document that refers to
territorial status than a warrant from the Treasurer of
Idaho Territory?
This one paid the Honorable T.D. Cahalan for his
services as District Attorney. As you can see from
the portion of the back shown at left, the warrant
was set up to indicate that it was not paid for lack of
funds or redeemed, as the case may have been. In
this case it was paid when presented on the day of
issue - probably a wise move when made out to the
District Attorney.
Cahalan served as the Ada County Assessor from
1868 to 1869, then as District Attorney from 1882 to
1885. From a Civil War genealogy forum it appears
that he fought on the Confederate side and then spent
some time as a school teacher in Edina, Missouri
before moving to Idaho in 1862. Reportedly, he wore
gray clothing all his life in honor of his service in the
Confederate Army.
To be continued next issue.
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A Western Bank Note Printing Job
by Lyman Hensley
While going through a group of items of the Joliet City bank I was glad to find two WBN documents referring to printing
imprints. Then the search began to find an imprinted draft from that order.
I did find one, printed on dark blue commercial safety paper. It was still in the original bound book and only survived
because it was written in error and tucked in the remainder tabs.
The invoice for the draft is shown below. It is dated July 23, 1880. $22.00 was the cost of 1,000 imprints, which included
a 2% premium. The imprints would have been supplied to the Western Bank Note Company by the New York Graphic
Company.
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The receipt of payment from Cagwin
and Sons is dated July 26, 1880.
The 19th Annual Chicago Paper Money Exposition will be held Thursday through Sunday, March 7-10, 2013 at the
Crowne Plaza Chicago O’Hare, 5440 North River Road, Rosemont, Illinois, 60018.
Show hours are 2PM-6PM Thursday March 7 (Professional Preview Day - $50), 10AM-6PM Friday March 8, 10AM-6PM
Saturday March 9, and 10AM-1PM Sunday March 10. Attendance on all days except Thursday is free.
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On the Levee
by Ronald Horstman
The Merchants Bank of Saint Louis selected this vignette, which had been entered according to an Act of Congress in 1875
by Toppan Carpenter and Company of New York. The elements contained would convey the institution's close ties with
the Mississippi River. Shown on the vignette are four Negro men moving a large barrel, known as a "hogshead," used to
ship tobacco. On the head of the barrel are the words "St. Louis" and "1620 lbs." Also shown are seven sacks of grain,
several bales of cotton and thirty-two pigs of lead.
In the background is a wagon pulled by two mules with another hogshead in it. A riverboat is also in the background.
The vignette was featured on all denominations of circulating notes the bank issued, as well as on drafts and their stock
certificates
An 1864 draft of the Merchants Bank.
A Merchants Bank five dollar bill featuring the same vignette.
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A counterfeit Merchants Bank note, with the vignette still in evidence.
This is the story of the vignette on page 11 of the July - September 2012 issue of The Check Collector - hope it helps!
Happy Holidays!
May your collection increase!
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Best wishes from the ASCC Board.
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Two-Cent Battleship - First Day of Issue
by Bob Hohertz
Last August I received a short letter from Lee Poleske enclosing a scan of a first day use of the common two-cent
’’Battleship" revenue. As he points out in the letter, it is not easy to find first day examples of that stamp. He quotes Bob
Patetta from the May 1988 issue of The Check Collector as follows: "The first battleship stamps were not delivered to the
Internal Revenue Department until June 22nd... As common as ’battleships’ are, their use early in the Spanish American
War era of taxation is not often encountered."
Lee goes on to say, "I think it would be interesting to find out how many ’first day checks’ with R164 stamps our members
have and from what banks." I agree, since this would give us some idea where the battleships were sent first. I had been
led to believe that provisionals were sent to the larger population centers, while the battleships were sent to the smaller
ones, but some of the examples provided to me disproved that idea, as they include items from San Francisco, Saint Louis,
Baltimore and New York.
The list presented herewith is a beginning along those lines. I solicited information on the excellent blog set up by John
Langlois, http://1898revenues.blogspot.com, and received information from Frank Sente, Bob Patetta, David Thompson,
and Bob Mustacich. This has been combined with the example that Lee reported and several from my own collection to
provide the list on this and the next page.
As those of us who collect in this area know, a stamp can be added some time after the date of the document. In the case
of the Spanish-American War tax, at first banks were encouraged to add stamps when unstamped items were presented to
them for payment. (After a time they were prohibited from doing so.) At any rate, I will indicate in the table when first
day use is verified by some means such as a bank handstamp showing that the check was cashed on July 1 or the like. In
some cases there is little doubt, but no positive proof.
This check has a bank PAID handstamp dated July 1, 1898. There is no doubt that the stamp was added on that day,
whether by the writer or the bank.
Checks and Drafts
State
City
Bank
Other
Verified?
AR
Fort Smith
Merchants B
bank hs
IL
Nokomis
Nokomis NB
NB of Commerce, St. Louis
bank hs
KY
Lexington
Second NB
MD
Baltimore
Howard NB
ms alt from Drovers & Mechanics NB
bank hs
MI
Marquette
Marquette County Savings B
Lake Superior & Ishpeming Railway Co
bank hs
MO
Princeton
B of Mercer County
bank hs
MO
Saint Louis
Boatmens B
Bridge & Beach Mfg Co
company hs
NY
New York
Chase NB
Robert E. Peary signature
WV
Shepherdstown
Jefferson NB
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Above: Lee Poleske’s check that started all this.
Certificates of Deposit
State
City
Bank
Verified?
MT
Virginia City
Banking House of Henry Elling
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SD
Sturgis
Meade County B
The reason that this certificate of deposit may be considered verified is that the handstamped cancel on the stamp is the
same as that on the certificate itself. The deposited funds were withdrawn the next day.
Miscellaneous Documents
Deed CA San Francisco Henry P. Tricou Twelve 40 battleships and one 20
Stock certificate CA San Francisco The Realty Syndicate $100 share
To those of you who sent scans of documents with higher value battleships used on the first day, thank you very much, but
we are only concerned with the two-cent battleship this time around. If I left out anything you sent me, please accept my
apologies and let me know so I can add the missing item(s) in a future update.
And to anyone else - if you have anything that should be added, please let me know via email or snail mail. Thank you!
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Pennsylvania Banks - 19
by Peter Robin
I request the help of all readers in adding information to these listings as well as, of course, the counties to come. I can be
reached by e-mail at peterrobin@verizon.net or by regular mail at Box 353, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004.
Bank Name
Stamp
Years
Printer
Colors
Vignette
Size in mm
Philadelphia - part 5
Manufacturers N. B.
R6
1865
Cha
Black on White
Stamp box with address
185 x 74 mm.
Same
B1
1867
Ket
Green on White
None
190 x70 mm.
Same
R135
1872
Hae
Green on White
Stamp box
202 x 67 mm.
Same
D1
1872
LeB
Green on white
Empty address space
205 x 70 mm.
Same
H3
1872
Hae
Brown on White
Empty address box
205 x 68 mm.
Same
L5
1875
LeB
Black on Violet
Empty address box
205 x 71 mm.
Same
G1
1876
LeB
Black on Violet
Empty address box
Same
R135
1875
LeB
Black on Taupe
None
184 x72 mm.
Same
R135
1875
Cha
Black on White
Stamp box
185 x 62 mm.
Same
G3
1876
SJP
N. PA. R/R
Same
G1
1877
S&P
Red-brown on White
N.PA. R/R Wiliam Wister
193 x 85 mm.
Same
J4
1872
S&P
Black on White
N. PA R/R Ellis Clark
206 x 80 mm.
Same
J5
1874
S&P
Red on White
N. PA. R/R William Wister
192 x94 mm.
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L3
1876
S&P
Black on White
N. PA. R/R Ellis Clark
205 x 82 mm.
Same
L6
1875
S&P
Red on White
N. PA. R/R William Wister
190 x83 mm.
Same
FI
1875
LeB
Black on Violet
None
187 x72 mm.
Same
G1
187?
LeB
Black on Blue
Empty address box
204 x 69 mm.
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Bank Name
Stamp
Years
Printer
Colors
Vignette
Size in mm
Market Street N. B.
R164
1899
None
Black on White
None
210 x 70 mm.
Same
X7
1901
None
Black on White
None
208 x 82 mm.
Same
X7
1901
None
Black on White
V.E. Archimbault & Son
210 x 80 mm.
Same
X7
190
None
Black on Tan
Retail Grocers' Ass'n
209 x74 mm.
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None
1817
None
Black on White
Cooper and barrel
152 x 62 mm.
Same
None
1818
None
Black on White
Ornamental design
Same
R5
1863
Hel
Black on White
Ornamental design
177 x 74 mm.
same
R10
1864
Hel
Black on White
Ornamental design
170 x 69 mm.
Same
Rll
1864
Hel
Black on White
Ornamental design
170 x 69 mm.
Same
R6
1866
Hae
Black on White
C. Schrack & Co. /
agriculture
190 x 68 mm.
Mechanics N. B.
FI
1876
ATZ
Black on Violet
Ornamental design
195 x 70 mm.
Same
H3
1870
Hae
Black on Tan
C. Schrack & Co. /
agriculture
195 x 70 mm.
Same
R15
1871
WFM
Black on white
None
195 x 68 mm.
Same
J4
1872
WFM
Blue on Tan
Ornamental design
190 x 70 mm.
Same
B1
1869
None
Red on Green tint
Streetcar, building
215 x 98 mm.
Same
E4
187_
WmC
Red on White
Estate of William
Richardson
205 x 140 mm.
Same
K6
1871
None
Red on Blue tint
W.Phila. Pass. Railway Co.
215 x 98 mm.
Same
K6
187
WFM
Blue on White
Ornate border left
194 x 74 mm.
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Bank Name Stamp Years Printer Colors Vignette Size in mm
Same K8 187 None Blue on White Ornate border left 186 x72 mm.
A
No. Q Philadelphia, . 18 7
1 Jjf nnk,
# Jk f '
XX Pap to t . or Order,
& , : -jTi
00 . Hollars.
Above: the Mechanic's National Bank unused check with a K8 imprint.
Same
G1
1879
WmM
Black on Tan
Bank name and address
Same
G1
1883
WmM
Black on Tan
Office of Peoples Pass. Ry
195 x 75 mm.
Merchants Exchange Bank
R152
1882
R&C
Black on Blue
Countersigned by
210 x 83 mm.
Merchants N. B.
X7
1901
McP
Black on White
Phila. Brewing Co draft
236 x 98 mm.
Same (see p. 22)
X7
1899
None
Black on Tan
Landreth's Agricultural
Warehouse
215 x 83 mm.
Merechants N.B. of the
City of New York
(Philadelphia dateline)
11
1871
None
Black on White
S. & W. Welsh
172 x 72 mm.
The item above is a merchant’s draft, so it is not really a Merchants National Bank check or draft. Instead, it is made
payable to the Landreth’s account in that bank. However, where else would you classify it?
Some railroad drafts wiith Philadelphia datelines have the same issue, often with no bank indicated. Presumably those will
need to be listed later, if at all.
More Philadelphia banks next issue.
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October - December 2012
Announcements
Elections Reminder. The terms of Board members Coleman Leifer, Peter Martin, Dick Naven and Michael A. Turrini
will expire at the end of 2012. Any member who wishes to serve on the Board or nominate someone else (with his or her
permission) should let me know. If we do not hear from anyone by February 15, 2013, the Directors listed above will have
their terms extended for two years in accordance with our Bylaws.
Aripex 2013 Reminder. We will have a meeting of ASCC members at the Arizona Philatelic Exhibition to be held in Mesa,
Arizona, near Phoenix, April 19-21, 2013, probably on Friday afternoon, April 19. The American Revenue Association
and State Revenue Society will have their annual meetings there and revenuers from around the world have been invited
to attend. This will be a chance to meet at least a couple of fellow ASCC members (Bob Hohertz and me) and hopefully
more that you might not meet otherwise.
Dues and Finances. Treasurer Dick Naven advises that we are on course to spend a few hundred dollars more than our
income for this year. This is due primarily to a decline in membership, as we have already reduced expenses about as much
as possible. As you can see from the Secretary’s report, our membership is 188. For us to be assured of readily covering
our present level of expenses this number needs to be about 210 or more.
You can help by promptly paying your dues. The 2013 dues notice is printed on the cover page. You can pay by mailing
a check, or by PayPal or major credit card on the ASCC website. Donations of even a few dollars or of unneeded material
we can sell are also welcome and appreciated.
A Philadelphia Use from a Non-Philadelphia Bank
The check below is one of the only two known Type I imprinted examples from Philadelphia drawn by S. & W. Welsh on
The Merchants National Bank - of the City of New York. It does not belong in the list of users of checks issued byThe
Merchants National Bank of Philadelphia of course, and it would not show up in the list of Philadelphia banks at all, so
here it is for its own moment of recognition.
C/5
*13
£
£
CO
The
Philadelphia,
18
Merchants National Bank,
Pay to the Order
s/w
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October - December 2012
Secretary's Report (through November)
Lyman Hensley
Previous total 190
New members 0
Reinstatements 0
Resignations 0
Deaths 1
Dropped Not paid 0
No Forwarding Address 0
Current Total 189
DECEASED
886 Lowell C. Horwedel
A Find in the Marketplace
Happy Saint Valentine’s Day!
Every so often we put postcards featuring holiday greeting checks on the cover, but rarely, if ever, one that features a
Valentine since February is in the middle of a quarter and the sentiment would be a bit dated by the time the first quarter
magazine arrives. This should make up for the omission.
This card was mailed in Anaconda, Montana in 1909. The message was, ”Helo Kid - say when." (Yes, "Helo.") It was
signed, "T.P."
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October - December 2012
Member Exchange
Collector seeks Oklahoma Territory & Indian Territory checks. Top prices paid. Bob Fritz, P.O. Box 1548, Sun
City, AZ 85372-1548.
Wanted: US Government checks and Wisconsin financial documents. James A. Downey, 1534 Pennsylvania
Street, Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235. E-mail mufelika@itol.com.
New member is interested in pre-1950 Wisconsin checks. Will purchase or trade for any needed. Tom Casper,
S95W13453 St. Andrews Dr., Muskego, WI 53150. E-mail tcasper57@hotmail.com.
Charter member would like to obtain a check from the ’’Washington National Bank" or the Telegraphers National
Bank", both of Saint Louis, MO. Will purchase or trade. Ron Horstman, 5010 Timber Lane, Gerald, MO 63037.
Collector seeks old Philippines Treasury Checks, 1900-1915 with portrait of Gen Henry Lawton. Willing to pay
top prices for nice examples. Send photocopies and correspondence to: Craig Williams, 3014 N W Euclid Ave, Lawton
OK, 73505.
Wanted: Checks from dealers in Indian relics or fossils - or signed by archaeologists or paleontologists. Or other
related paper. Write: Stan Raugh, 4217 *th Avenue, Temple, PA 19570-1805.
Check Collector back issues wanted, and all periodicals issued by coin clubs relating to all subjects of United
States numismatics. Please send list. Harold Thomas, PO Box 7520, Beaumont, TX 77726-7520. 409-466-0781.
Wanted: "Manuscript" aka completely handwritten checks. All states and dates (generally pre-1900. Sheldon
Rabin, 2820 Breckenridge Circle, Aurora, IL 60504, sheldonrabin@yahoo.com.
Dealer wants checks signed by celebrities. No quantity too large. Myron Ross, Heroes & Legends, 18034 Ventura
Blvd., Encino, CA 91316
Seasoned and passionate check collector seeking checks autographed by notable personalities. Michael Reynard,
1301 20th St. #260, Santa Monica, CA 90404. reynard@ucla.edu.
Exchange postings will be taken from ASCC members who are collectors only. Postings of 20 words or less are free; please
remit $3 each issue for postings of 21 to fifty words. Name and address do not count toward the 20 words.
Neither the Editor nor the ASCC can be responsible for compliance with any promises made in postings, or in response to
them. Be very clear as to the value you place on your material when discussing a trade. Fairness and common courtesy
are to be expected, but common sense must rule.
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MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION
The undersigned hereby applies for membership in the American Society of Check Collectors, Inc., and agrees to comply
with its Charter and By-Laws
Enclosed with this application is $15 for dues ($20 for U.S. mailing of The Check Collector by First Class Mail, $20 for
Canada, $25 for other foreign countries,) OR electronic membership only, any country, $13 (no magazine will be sent - can
be read online or downloaded.) U.S. funds only. Please make remittance payable to: The American Society of Check
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